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Author Mahlberg, Arden

Title The Integrity of the Body of Christ : Boundary Keeping as Shared Responsibility
Published Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 236
Summary For religious communities to have integrity and credibility they must flourish as places of love and respect. Every aspect of church life is defined and protected by essential boundaries: boundaries around space, time, thought, speech, will, emotion, and behavior--both for clergy and church members. Lack of awareness and attention to boundary keeping diminishes the integrity of the church and harms its mission, whereas insight and vigilance about best practices lend freedom and energy to the calling of the church to care for others and to reach out to the world. In a flourishing Christian comm
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Subject Pastoral theology.
Pastoral theology
Form Electronic book
Author Nessan, Craig L
Cooper-White, Michael
ISBN 9781498235365
1498235360